I created an empty study on PsychoPy on another computer (MacOS), synced/created a new Pavlovia project for it via the Builder, transferred it on the Ubuntu 24.04 computer (with the .git file). When opening the .psyexp, the project is linked to my Pavlovia account and the new project and I can sync it with Pavlovia without PsychoPy crashing !
So the issue on Ubuntu might only be linked to the step of creating a new Pavlovia project via the Builder on Ubuntu 24.04 with both PsychopPy 2024.2.4 or 2024.2.5.
I also installed Psychopy (2025.2.5 Py 3.8) on Linux (Mint Cinnamon v.22.1) with that script and incurred in a similar problem.
Everything runs just fine, I can also login in my Pavlovia account, but as soon as I click on the arrow next to “no project” and click on either “new project” or “search project…” it crashes without leaving an error message.
I haven’t managed to solve it, but I can use OP’s workaround for the moment.
There may be an error message in the last log file after this crash - try looking in your psychopy user folder (/home/username/.psychopy3 on Linux) for the file last_app_load.log. If you share the traceback from there it’ll give me more to go on with tracking down the cause.
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The following log file should reflect these passages: I opened Psychopy builder, I clicked on the arrow and selected “Search projects…”, then psychopy crashed.
0.0921 DEBUG Opening message catalog /usr/local/PsychoPy-2024.2.5-Python3.10/lib/python3.10/site-packages/psychopy/localization/../app/locale/it_IT/LC_MESSAGE/messages.mo for locale it_IT
0.0921 DEBUG Locale for 'it_IT' not found. Using default.
1.3941 INFO Trying to load audio library: PTB
1.4948 INFO Loaded psychtoolbox audio version 3.0.19.696976567
1.4953 INFO sound is using audioLib: ptb
1.5240 INFO Calling `psychopy.plugins.activatePlugins()`, but no plugins have been found in active distributions.
1.7233 DEBUG PavloviaLoggedIn
1.9532 WARNING Couldn't connect to psychopy.org
Check internet settings (and proxy setting in PsychoPy Preferences.
4.0283 WARNING Could not get image from: https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0e4eb8bc45f2c44239f2725b031b0d54?s=80&d=identicon, using blank image instead.
It seems to be a problem related to the internet connection? I am connected to the internet, and I tried to disable the firewall, but this behaviour still occurs.
EDIT: It mentions some proxy settings in Psychopy preferences, here is a picture (I never touched them, so this should be default settings?):
I am not aware of any other internet setting on my machine that could conflict with Psychopy. This should be confirmed by the fact that I had no connection related issues with other programs.
I might have a more significant update, although I’m unable to tell whether it’s of any use.
I have install psychopy 2025.1.1 py 3.10, and I used this script (link) to aid the process.
Out of curiosity, I launched psychopy via the script ‘start_psychopy’, ran in the terminal.
The log file in the terminal seems a bit more verbose than the one generated by psychopy:
[start_psychopy] Working directory: /opt/psychopy/PsychoPy-2024.2.5-Python3.10/workspace
0.0987 DEBUG Opening message catalog /opt/psychopy/PsychoPy-2024.2.5-Python3.10/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/psychopy/localization/../app/locale/it_IT/LC_MESSAGE/messages.mo for locale it_IT
1.1511 DEBUG Registered backend for ButtonBoxComponent: Keyboard (keyboard) from psychopy.experiment.components.buttonBox:KeyboardButtonBoxBackend
1.2550 DEBUG Registered backend for SoundSensorComponent: Microphone emulator (microphone) from psychopy.experiment.components.soundsensor:MicrophoneSoundSensorBackend
1.3552 DEBUG Registered backend for AudioValidatorRoutine: Microphone (microphone) from psychopy.experiment.routines.audioValidator:MicrophoneSoundSensorValidatorBackend
1.3554 DEBUG Registered backend for VisualValidatorRoutine: Screen Buffer (Debug) (screenbuffer) from psychopy.experiment.routines.visualValidator:ScreenBufferVisualValidatorBackend
1.3899 INFO Calling `psychopy.plugins.activatePlugins()`, but no plugins have been found in active distributions.
1.4355 DEBUG PavloviaLoggedIn
1.5004 ERROR Failed to open ., file does not exist.
11:28:19: Debug: ScreenToClient cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
#These errors appear when I click the arrow to the right of the repository and #experiment file name
(psychopy:14766): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 11:29:10.592: gtk_image_menu_item_set_image: assertion 'GTK_IS_IMAGE_MENU_ITEM (image_menu_item)' failed
(psychopy:14766): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 11:29:10.592: gtk_image_menu_item_set_image: assertion 'GTK_IS_IMAGE_MENU_ITEM (image_menu_item)' failed
(psychopy:14766): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 11:29:10.592: gtk_image_menu_item_set_image: assertion 'GTK_IS_IMAGE_MENU_ITEM (image_menu_item)' failed
When I click on ‘search projects’, psychopy crashes and no log is recorded.
